[SOLVED] Affection points system not working?

[chesarty]

I've been following this tutorial: viewtopic.php?f=51&t=22817 in order to get myself an easy affection points system. (I decided to make a new thread for this since the original post was from 2013...)
It seems like a really simple thing to implement, but for some reason the points do not update for me.

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label start:
    
    $atticus_aff = 0
    $rhys_aff = 0
    $damon_aff = 0
    $enzo_aff = 0
    

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menu:
    "...Yes.":
        $enzo_aff +=10
        jump yes_im_lost
        
        
    "What? No!":
        $enzo_aff -=10
        jump no_im_not_lost
        

After these codes, I have this little line of dialogue at the end of the scene just so I can test this feature out.

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"Enzo now has %(enzo_aff)d affection points towards you."

Naturally, if the code worked, it would say "Enzo now has 10/-10 affection points for you" but now it just says 0 no matter what I pick. How to fix this?

[Angelo Seraphim]

I think what you want is:

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# Declare your variables first. That's what, I think, you're missing.

default atticus_aff = 0
default rhys_aff = 0
default damon_aff = 0
default enzo_aff = 0

label start:
    
    $ atticus_aff = 0
    $ rhys_aff = 0
    $ damon_aff = 0
    $ enzo_aff = 0

    menu:
        "...Yes.":
            $ enzo_aff += 10
            jump yes_im_lost

        "What? No!":
            $ enzo_aff -= 10
            jump no_im_not_lost

# content after menu

[chesarty]

I think what you want is:

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# Declare your variables first. That's what, I think, you're missing.

default atticus_aff = 0
default rhys_aff = 0
default damon_aff = 0
default enzo_aff = 0

label start:
    
    $ atticus_aff = 0
    $ rhys_aff = 0
    $ damon_aff = 0
    $ enzo_aff = 0

    menu:
        "...Yes.":
            $ enzo_aff += 10
            jump yes_im_lost

        "What? No!":
            $ enzo_aff -= 10
            jump no_im_not_lost

# content after menu

That still doesn't work, unfortunately.

[isobellesophia]

I think what you want is:

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# Declare your variables first. That's what, I think, you're missing.

default atticus_aff = 0
default rhys_aff = 0
default damon_aff = 0
default enzo_aff = 0

label start:
    
    $ atticus_aff = 0
    $ rhys_aff = 0
    $ damon_aff = 0
    $ enzo_aff = 0

    menu:
        "...Yes.":
            $ enzo_aff += 10
            jump yes_im_lost

        "What? No!":
            $ enzo_aff -= 10
            jump no_im_not_lost

# content after menu

That still doesn't work, unfortunately.

Those $ should be before label start. Replace it the top of the label start and try if it is works.

Or if not, try removing those, and let the default stay.

[namastaii]

You don't need the $ at all unless you're about to change them. Leave the default variables that are defined before the game stars, remove the second group because there is no point for them since they're already at 0 with the default statement.

[isobellesophia]

Also, $ is a permanent define, while default is not. So you need default instead.

[Per K Grok]

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That still doesn't work, unfortunately.

I set your code up like this and it runs without problem for me.

It is set up so you can run it over and over again, testing both alternatives.

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default atticus_aff = 0
default rhys_aff = 0
default damon_aff = 0
default enzo_aff = 0

label start:

    menu:
        "...Yes.":
            $ enzo_aff += 10
            jump yes_im_lost

        "What? No!":
            $ enzo_aff -= 10
            jump no_im_not_lost

label yes_im_lost:
    "Enzo now has %(enzo_aff)d affection points towards you."
    $ enzo_aff = 0
    jump start

label no_im_not_lost:
    "Enzo now has %(enzo_aff)d affection points towards you."
    $ enzo_aff = 0
    jump start
    

[chesarty]

You don't need the $ at all unless you're about to change them. Leave the default variables that are defined before the game stars, remove the second group because there is no point for them since they're already at 0 with the default statement.

I deleted the $ stuff but it still doesn't work, ehhhh D:

[namastaii]

Okay, try $ enzo_aff + 10 instead of +=

[chesarty]

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That still doesn't work, unfortunately.

I set your code up like this and it runs without problem for me.

It is set up so you can run it over and over again, testing both alternatives.

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default atticus_aff = 0
default rhys_aff = 0
default damon_aff = 0
default enzo_aff = 0

label start:

    menu:
        "...Yes.":
            $ enzo_aff += 10
            jump yes_im_lost

        "What? No!":
            $ enzo_aff -= 10
            jump no_im_not_lost

label yes_im_lost:
    "Enzo now has %(enzo_aff)d affection points towards you."
    $ enzo_aff = 0
    jump start

label no_im_not_lost:
    "Enzo now has %(enzo_aff)d affection points towards you."
    $ enzo_aff = 0
    jump start
    

thank you! it runs alright now it's confusing to me how that one worked and mine didn't since it looks identical to me, but i'm very glad to have it working. thanks again!